Saw a surprising Feditralia post on this letter, implying something nefarious in Jews having "pre-knowledge" and also blaming Jews for holding the event "knowing" the attack would happen. Surprising because I only saw one. :fozzie_wocka_wocka:

"A #Jewish #security group in #Australia reportedly warned the country’s authorities last month about the increased threat of Islamist extremism towards the Jewish community, specifically citing the forthcoming #Chanukah event at #Bondibeach as high risk.

According to the #Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Community Security Group #NSW (#CSGNSW) produced a document in late November titled “Jewish Festival Calendar Notification”, which specifically discussed Chanukah, warning that the increased visibility of #Jews celebrating in public meant a raised risk level for violent extremism. The #NewSouthWales police have neither confirmed nor denied receiving the document, citing the ongoing criminal investigation."

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/jewish-security-group-warned-australian-police-of-terror-risk-to-bondi-chanukah-event/

"After a month of feasting on #fried and #festive #foods, many people take advantage of the new year to “reset.” Now, I don’t subscribe to the idea that any food is inherently bad, nor that we need to punish ourselves with weeks of sad #salads after indulging, but sometimes too much heavy, rich or sweet food can leave us feeling sluggish. If that resonates, I’ve rounded up seven #nourishing #Jewish #recipes that will satisfy you and fill your body with all the good stuff, so you can begin 2026 with energy and good health. And, if #Veganuary or #Meat-Free Mondays are your thing, there’s inspiration here, too!

From a wholesome #multigrain #challah to immune-boosting #chicken #soup; a super easy, #veggie-packed #kugel to #meatfree stuffed #cabbage, these healthy #Jewishrecipes will warm your soul and put a spring in your step.

If you do try any of these recipes, please be sure to rate it! We love to hear your feedback..."

https://www.diningandcooking.com/2445505/7-healthy-jewish-recipes-to-make-in-january/

“I saw that a lot of the #Sydney #runclubs talked about the attack on the #Australian way of life but no one was mentioning too much about the #Jewish community,” Mr Benjamin, a dedicated #runner, said.

“And then I saw that #NiceJewishRunners who are based on the other side of the world posted a really nice solidarity message with the Sydney Jewish community.”

After getting in touch with club founder Ezra Feig Mr Benjamin was able to organise the Sydney’s chapter’s first fun in just four days.
The emphasis of Nice Jewish Runners is social.

“You are meant to run at a pace that you can have a chat and meet someone new,” Mr Benjamin said.

“We finished Friday in a very Jewish manner and got people coffee and bagels.”

Mr Feig, who founded Nice Jewish Runners in the wake of the 2023 #October7 #Hamas assault on #Israel, said the #Bondi attack had a terrible familiarity.

“In the Jewish world we immediately knew what it was,” he said."

https://archive.is/JwXKx#selection-38.8-661.50

#columbus and #Jewish Origins

https://indianf.com/columbus-and-jewish-origins/

#FreePalestine is NOT #antisemitic

We want #GreenPartyZack
#gay #jewish #socialist as the next #UK #PrimeMinister

Join.greenparty.org.uk

#ILoveZack #tShirt #NaomiJaneAdams

#StandingTogether
#TwoStateSolution

"More than 80 years after he was killed in combat during #WorldWarII, 1st Lt. Morton Sher, a #Jewish #American #fighterpilot who flew with the legendary #FlyingTigers, has finally been brought to #kevurasYisroel and laid to rest with full honors.

Sher was buried last week in #Greenville, #SouthCarolina, closing a chapter that had remained unresolved since 1943. For decades, an empty grave and headstone stood in his memory, a painful symbol of a life lost in war but never recovered."

https://5townscentral.com/2025/12/28/after-eight-decades-jewish-flying-tigers-pilot-laid-to-rest-with-full-kevuras-yisroel/

Today in Labor History December 28, 1907: The New York Rent Strike began in the Lower Eastside, in response to proposed rent increases during the Panic of 1907, when tens of thousands lost their jobs. The organizers were Jewish immigrant women, but leadership was eventually taken over by the Socialist Party of America. One of the early organizers of the rent strike was Pauline Newman, who had been working at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory since age 11. By age 15, she was active in Socialist organizations. She survived the deadly fire at the Triangle factory in 1911, which killed 146 young women and girls, mostly Jewish and Italian immigrants, and became an effective organizer with the ILGWU. She helped organize a 1909 General Strike among women garment worikers. Her organizing earned her the moniker “East Side Joan of Arc.”

The Lower Eastside rent strike soon spread to other parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn, with roughly 10,000 tenants taking part. The landlords ultimately broke the strike through mass evictions and police brutality. Nevertheless, approximately 2,000 people did successfully block rent increases. The rent strike was the larges the city had ever seen until then, and it helped to spawn decades of radical tenant organizing in New York.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #housing #rent #rentstrike #strike #police #policebrutality #evictions #jewish #immigration #socialism #paulinenewman #feminism #ilgwu #triangleshirtwaist #childlabor #GeneralStrike

“I grew up feeling proud to be a #Jew, but I didn’t grow up feeling safe as a Jew, necessarily,” she says of her “complicated relationship with #Judaism growing up.”

It took time, Mand says, “to feel like I could really tell unabashed #Jewish #stories. I didn’t know if I wanted that to be part of my identity as a #writer, and yet it’s a huge part of my identity as a person.”

“I knew that there were Jewish stories brewing in me,” Mand said. “I also felt like everything I had seen on #stage, and often in #movies was all about the #Holocaust, and I was like: ‘there must be other stories about Jews in the world that are not just about the Holocaust,’” she said. While stories about the #Shoah are important, and part of the Jewish experience, they are “not the entire Jewish experience,” she said.

“Once I realized that what I really wanted to be doing was looking at very modern issues that impact how people live their life now..."

https://thecjn.ca/arts-culture/award-winning-playwright-says-the-time-is-ripe-for-telling-modern-jewish-stories-on-stage/

🎉 New Year… but not that New Year 😉

Quick Hebrew culture moment 🇮🇱. In Israel, December 31st = Sylvester — the secular New Year’s Eve.
Rosh Hashanah is still the real Jewish New Year 🍎🍯

So before anyone panics 😄 ➡️ This lesson teaches how to say the secular New Year’s Eve in Hebrew
➡️ No shofar required, apples & honey safe for later 😉

Come learn how Israelis actually say it — Hebrew, culture, and zero confusion ✨

#NewYearsEve #Hebrew #LanguageLearning #Jewish

"#NewYorkState #Governor #KathyHochul intervened this week to prevent the demolition of a historical #synagogue in #Brooklyn.

#CongregationChaimAlbert has been battling for its survival in a legal case after the medical center that owns its property, One Brooklyn Health, released development plans that included the demolition of the synagogue.

The development project, at the former Kingsbrook #Jewish Medical Center Campus, was a state initiative launched by #Hochul’s predecessor, #AndrewCuomo. New York’s Homes and Community Renewal, a state housing agency, oversaw the project, giving the state leverage over the plans."

https://www.timesofisrael.com/ny-governor-steps-in-to-prevent-demolition-of-century-old-brooklyn-synagogue/

I spent Shabbos by starting to read Antisemitism, an American Tradition by Pamela S. Nadell. #Jewish #Books

"Sometimes the simplest questions provide the strangest answers. For example, until recently, when I discovered there used to be a Kaplan Avenue in #Jamaica, #Queens, I couldn’t think of another #NewYorkCity street with such a strongly #Jewish name. With such history, how could that be?"

https://www.otdowntown.com/news/is-your-street-jewish-a-brief-history-of-new-york-city-place-names-DF5412234

"A #Manalapan woman has been accused of launching an #antisemitic tirade after rear-ending a vehicle carrying #Jewish passengers, according to video circulated this week by #StopAntisemitism.

The advocacy group identified the woman as Teresa Dunsheath and said the incident was captured on video by those inside the other vehicle. In the footage, which Stop #Antisemitism shared on social media, the woman appears visibly agitated, repeatedly shouting antisemitic slurs, including “You f*cking #Jew,” and “He’s a Jew,” while dismissing the fact that she was being recorded.

The video begins after what StopAntisemitism describes as a rear-end collision."

https://thej.ca/2025/12/27/manalapan-woman-accused-of-antisemitic-tirade-after-rear-end-collision-with-jewish-family/

"A #Hungarian-language #Jewish #newspaper first published in #Romania over a century ago and reestablished in #TelAviv with the founding of the state is marking its 107th anniversary with the launch of a #bookazine format.

#ÚjKelet served as the preeminent newspaper for generations of Hungarian-speaking #Jews from its first publication as a weekly in 1918 in #Kolozsvár, then as a daily in 1920, to its rebirth in Tel Aviv in 1948, with an editorial team that included journalistic luminaries such as Tommy Lapid, Efraim Kishon, Israel Kastner, Dosh and Zeev, before becoming solely web based in 2022.

After a three-year break in printing, Új Kelet, Hungarian for “New East,” evolved once more, transforming this year from a 32-page #magazine to a 180-page bookazine..."

https://www.jns.org/century-old-hungarian-jewish-periodical-launches-bookazine/

"While 2025 may not have felt like a great year to be #Jewish for myriad reasons, it’s been a great year for Jewish #TV. I can’t remember the last time I’ve loved this many shows with nuanced, relatable Jewish protagonists and characters — swoon-worthy Jewish doctors, a dedicated reality show contestant, and a wise and introspective French rabbi, among them. So as the year draws to a close, let’s take a walk down memory lane and revisit the best #JewishTV of 2025."

https://www.kveller.com/the-best-jewish-tv-of-2025/

"Stand up and fight.

That’s the advice 97-year-old Nate Leipciger has for the city’s #Jewish community, left dealing with yet another hateful #antisemitic attack targeting #elderly #Toronto #Jews.

“If this had happened in the 1960s or 1970s, this type of a climate would induce me to leave #Canada and go back to live in the security of Israel, to avoid antisemitism,” he said.

“It’s the exposure to our children, that’s what bothers me the most — the idea instilled in our young people that being Jewish is wrong.”

https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/dont-hide-holocaust-survivor-offers-wisdom-after-antisemitic-attack

"Serendipity struck in #PaloAlto last month when I bumped into the mother of Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the #BayArea–born #writer and executive #producer of the #animated hit show “#BoJackHorseman.”

I’m a big fan of his work. Like many, I watched “BoJack” religiously. I told Ellen Bob on the spot that I would love to #interview her son about his new and very #Jewish #TV show “Long Story Short” that premiered on #Netflix in August.

Long story short, he listened to his mother."

https://jweekly.com/2025/12/26/raphael-bob-waksbergs-latest-cartoon-features-a-bay-area-jewish-family/

"A #Jewish #American #firearms club, founded in the wake of the #October7 massacre and the rise in #antisemitism, is growing in popularity, with over 30 chapters across the #UnitedStates. It’s poised to go international.

Created in #Cleveland, #Ohio, the Lox & Loaded #gunclub has more than 1,000 members and aspires to establish a chapter in every #US state. A spokesperson said that the objective was reasonable, given the immense interest in the organization."

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-881425

THE WORST AUSTRALIAN TERRORIST

In 2015 16 lives ended at Bondi Beech, but the worst Australian terrorist attack was not in Bondi in 2025.

Also, the biggest Australian mass shooting was not in Port Arthur in 1996.

The the worst Australian terrorist killed 51 people
in in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2019.

THE WORST
AUSTRALIAN
TERRORIST

SHOULD REMAIN
NAMELESS
AND VOICELESS

BUT HE
DID NOT
COME FROM
NOWHERE

HE CAME
FROM HERE

HE WAS
DRIVEN BY AN
ANTISEMITIC
NEONAZI
IDEOLOGY

AND HE ENDED
THE LIVES
OF 51 MUSLIMS
IN NEW ZEALAND

NEONAZIS AROUND THE WORLD SAW HIS PROPAGANDA AND COPIED HIS ACTIONS, SOMETIMES IN SYNAGOGUES

BUT A RIVAL
IDEOLOGY
THAT CALLS
ITSELF THE
"ISLAMIC STATE"

USED THE
WORST
AUSTRALIAN
TERRORIST
ATTACK

TO FUEL
THEIR WAR
IN THE
MIDDLE EAST

THEIR
MOVEMENT
IS FUELED BY
ISLAMOPHOBIA

ATTACKS ON
MUSLIMS
ANYWHERE
BY ANYONE

ARE SHOWN IN THEIR PROPAGANDA

TO MAKE MUSLIMS
EVERYWHERE
FEEL ATTACKED

TO BUILD
SUPPORT FOR
THE ONLY
"ISLAMIC STATE"

MOST PEOPLE
CLEARLY SEE

THAT ATTACKS
ON MUSLIMS

ARE NOT
REDUCED

BY THE
SO CALLED
"ISLAMIC STATE"

MOST MUSLIMS
REJECT

THE DEVIANT
IDEOLOGY'S
FALSE CALIPHATE

BUT IN
2019

SHORTLY AFTER
AUSTRALIA'S
WORST
MASS SHOOTING

ENDED THE LIVES
OF 51 MUSLIMS

IN CHRISTCHURCH
NEW ZEALAND

A BOY IN
AUSTRALIA

FOUND A
VIOLENT
IDEOLOGY

THAT IS
FUELED BY
ISLAMOPHOBIA

AND HIS
FATHER
GOT A GUN
LICENCE

THEN
IN 2023

THOUSANDS
OF MUSLIMS
WERE KILLED

IN THE NAME OF
THE ONLY
"JEWISH STATE"

AND THE
KILLING
CONTINUED

AND THEN

(video loops)

#Islamophobia #Islam #Muslims #51Shuhada #Shuhada #NewZealand #antisemitism #AustralianTerrorism #Bondi #BondiAttack #Sydney #Australia #Jewish #Judaism #Australian
#יידיש #דאָיִקייט

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